FAWM 2023: Collected Songs

by David Taro

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1.
This Is Not The End 03:24
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I know you feel bitter I know you feel ashamed I know you feel broken I know you feel blamed I know you feel compromised I know you feel stoic I know you feel sorry But you’re too proud to show it But boy this is not the end This is only the beginning I know you feel empty I know you feel proud I know you feel worthless I know you feel cowed I know you feel an aching Deep down in your heart I know you feel everything Is slowly falling apart But boy this is not the end This is only the beginning I know you feel haunted I know you feel mad I know you feel reckless I know you feel damned I know you feel insecure I know you feel branded I know you feel something But you can't understand it But boy this is not the end This is only the beginning (Let me tell you 'bout the future...) Some dreams they happen Some dreams they don't Some days you'll be happy Some days you won't You're gonna have family They're gonna fill you with you love Not gonna get everything But you're gonna get enough And boy this is not the end This is only the beginning Everybody falls Everybody falls Everybody falls It's how you come back
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The Arsonists 03:32
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You strike a match And I'll toss it in We'll watch together As the fire begins It's a kind of addiction We both know is a sin But who cares Stand in the moonlight Watching the flames The innocent victims With unmemorable names And sooner or later We'll do it again So who cares There goes our love again There goes our love again Your friends think I'm crazy I'm poison for you I'm weak and I'm lazy Hell, most of it's true But deep down they know That you're built like that too So who cares When we're together The flames never cease We’re both like a jigsaw With one missing piece I guess maybe someone Should call the police But who cares There goes our love again There goes our love again Oh, I know it’s crazy But I love to watch it burn So let’s burn it down again There goes our love again There goes our love again There goes our love again
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Sister 04:12
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There are times When I forget myself And all the trouble in this world Then I feel guilty For feeling happy I know it sounds absurd But when I think of you Things you’ve been going through All I really want to say is Sister, oh my sister You are strong Stronger than I'll ever know You’ve been dealt Your share of hardship Oh, but in the face of yours You walked for miles Across the desert Now you're running many more So when I think of you And every sister too All I really want to say is Sister, oh my sister You are strong Stronger than I'll ever know Sister, oh my sister You are strong Stronger than I'll ever know Oh sister If the truth be told I don't know what the future holds But, it's like we've learned to say Don't do tomorrow What can be done today Sister, oh my sister You are strong Stronger than I'll ever know Sister, oh my sister You are strong Stronger than I'll ever know Stronger, stronger (Stronger than you'll ever know)
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Everyday Lives 03:13
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Mr McClintock picks up a paper Every Sunday morn From the old corner shop Young Bill O’Reilly eyes like saucers Standing right outside The red stripped big top And oh... Everything slows All the people on separate paths Leading very different ways Everyone pays Yet nobody stays at all (repeat chorus) Shiela Dailey making her mittens On a sewing machine Keeping her feet warm by the fire Mark and Sally from up near Springfield Out deep in the forest Trying to shelter from the storm And oh... Everything slows All the people on separate paths Leading very different ways Everyone pays Yet nobody stays at all (repeat chorus) All the different people Lucky to be alive Finding unique answers On ways to just survive All the people on separate paths Leading very different ways Everyone pays Yet nobody stays at all (repeat chorus) Everyone pays Yet nobody stays at all Everyone pays Yet nobody stays at all
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Love Is... 04:32
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Love is the answer to the question of why we carry on Love is an expression of an instinct to belong Love is the only thing that keeps us weak or makes us strong Love is the reason for this song Love is the moment when you really understand Love is the universe, love is written in the sand Love is the only thing that’s ever worth a damn Love is not judgement or demand Love is me Love is you Love is the acceptance of the routine and mundane Love is the knowledge that life will never be the same Love is the only thing left standing in the hurricane Love is just being here with you again I said, love is just being here with you again
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Halfway There 02:54
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We've been doing this ol' dance So long, I swear You say I'm an idiot I say that's unfair 'Cause if you bend a little I'll meet you halfway there I’ve been pulling at this thread And so have you Baby, we’re unravelling Like we always do But if you mend a little I’ll meet you halfway there And I don’t even know the truth of it Just know I hate to be apart So when you ask me what’s the use of it I point a finger to my heart I’m planting out these seeds On a sunny day Gonna cover them with earth Then hope and pray And if you tend a little I’ll meet you halfway there
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I Still Like Livin' (I Still Like Love) 03:23
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I ain't gonna meet the Beatles There's only two of 'em left I won't ever sing for the Eagles Vince Gill got the job instead I ain't gonna talk to the Queen It seems we've run out of time But I still like livin' I still love life chorus: I still like livin' I still love life I still greet the morning And layin' down each night I've had to quit some big dreams To give little ones a try I still like livin' I still love life I won't ever be in the movies Never been to Hollywood Don't look like Pratt or Clooney but hey, man, it's all good some stuff is just a given no need to wonder why I still like livin' I still love life chorus bridge: I'll make it to a hundred years if I am blessed Looking forward to every day And there will be some times that I protest, and yet I can't always get things to go my way tag: But that's okay repeat verse 1 repeat chorus
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Cutting It Loose 03:47
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We're cutting it loose We're cutting it loose We're cutting it loose tonight Nothing to lose Nothing to lose Nothing to lose alright I couldn't hold a candle to you When you danced me off the floor Didn't want a scandal, darlin’ But, oh, let's dance some more We're singin’ the blues We're singin’ the blues We're singin’ the blues tonight Shake your caboose Shake your caboose Shake your caboose alright I didn’t want to kiss you Until the moment felt right I didn't want to miss you, darlin’ But, oh, let’s dance tonight We got Big Man Kelly on the lead guitar Fingers faster than a racing car Holly Go Brightly on the piano keys Holly won't you play a little blues for me Sam on the drums, Sally on bass Tighter than a miser in a one horse race Pam on the organ playing lines so clean Me, I'm just shaking this ol' tambourine I couldn't hold a candle to you When you danced me off the floor Didn't want a scandal, darlin’ But oh, let's dance some more We're cutting it loose We're cutting it loose We're cutting it loose tonight Nothing to lose Nothing to lose Nothing to lose alright
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Emily Could Sing The Blues (feat. Rich Joseph) 02:51
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Did you ever see young Emily The clean cut Catholic girl Walked just like an angel A head full of golden curls But Emily she hid a secret That only her friends knew As the Lord’s my witness Emily could sing the blues Every day, she'd try and play Some Ella or some Etta James She loved Big Mama Thornton And all those other names Then every night she snuck outside To a club down in Waterloo Where as the Lord’s my witness Emily would sing the blues Emily, if they could see How you got those blues running Ah, now wait... someone's coming... Sister Jean was big and mean Caught Emily breaking curfew Said if I catch you singing in that club again I'm gonna throw you out of school But Emily she paid no heed She knew what she had do As the Lord's my witness Emily she sung the blues
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Love Song Of A Misanthrope 02:59
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When I see kids playin' in the street I hope their bikes get rusted When I see farmers tend their wheat I hope their crops get dusted The desert is as dry as dust But my heart's a little drier A desiccated husk Burned out in a big house fire When you say your heart has skipped a beat I pray your pacemaker's busted When you say you want your hotdog plain I hope it comes with mustard [Chorus] What has happened to me? I didn't used to be this way One day I'm huggin' a tree Next day I'm buyin' a powerful herbicidal spray They say all is fair in love and war: I know that you can't be trusted Don't fit your favourite dress no more? I went and got the waist adjusted [Chorus]
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Confessions Of An Introvert 02:31
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Hey, I hope you didn't take it the wrong way When I blanked you in the street last Thursday I was pretending to check my phone Because I wanted to be left on my own And it's not that I don't really like you I hope that you can understand I'm not trying to be rude or curt I'm sorry that your feelings hurt But man I'm just an introvert And sometimes it feels like an extrovert's world I see your number flash as my phone rings And inside I am silently dying Why can't you put it down in an email Or better yet just don't even try me Because talking on the phone makes me nervous I wish that it was otherwise I'm not trying to be rude or curt I'm sorry that your feelings hurt But man I'm just an introvert And sometimes it feels like an extrovert's world So keep it down in the cheap seats Can’t you see the Do Not Disturb? Keep me out of your shit Tweets Not everybody needs their voice heard I'm not trying to be rude or curt I'm sorry that your feelings hurt But man I'm just an introvert And sometimes it feels like an extrovert's world Sometimes it feels like an extrovert's world Sometimes it feels like an extrovert's world
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Leaving You 03:24
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Been three long years since I left you Three long years since I left you Honey, I've been feeling blue Been three long years since I left you Leaving you was a pretty stupid thing to do You gave me money, you gave me dough You gave me money, you gave me dough You let me travel, come and go You gave me Champagne and fine Merlot Leaving you was a pretty stupid thing to do People told me I was crazy To want to leave someone like you I guess I must have been so lazy To believe what people told me was true Now I'm broken and also broke Yes I'm broken and also broke Everybody's laughing, calling me a joke Wish I could tell them it was a master stoke Leaving you was a pretty stupid thing to do Leaving you, leaving you That was a pretty stupid thing to do
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I Just Want To Kiss A Girl 03:46
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my seat was broken my coke was flat my feet were stuck in something somebody spat i was on shore leave thought a show would be groovy but the popcorn sucked and so did the movie so turn off the projector bring up the lights open the exits into the night i been so many places i didnt want to be seen so many things that i didnt want to see i bit into the flesh but it was too bloody juicy so i spit it out and went back to the movie in the morning i made it to the waterfront pier couples were kissing their mouths full of tears then sad goodbyes when the whistle bell blew where that ship was bound not even the admiral knew i held back as the couples separated knowing i would be the last to embark looking for somebody, anybody to hang onto somewhere to imprint my watermark i dont want to open any oysters i dont want to steal some precious pearl but before my life is lost in battle i just want to kiss a girl
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Me And My Troubles 04:04
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There’s a puddle of moonbeams in the corner Under the cracked window pane I’ve been trying to get used to living without you Just me and my troubles again There’s a scatter of takeaway boxes A great drift of mail by the door The weather’s been strange since you left It's been me and my troubles once more Just me and my troubles Holed up in this room Me and my troubles Dreaming, oh yeah we're dreaming Dreaming of you There's a sprinkling of dust on the carpet A newspaper over my knee Last night it hailed whiskey bottles That sure was something to see Just me and my troubles Holed up in this room Me and my troubles Dreaming, oh yeah we're dreaming Dreaming of you
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Whole White Moon 03:15
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Love, love is not the answer, child There was a time perhaps I thought it was When I gave you my heart (He gave you his heart) But a heart could never hope to fill the void And there are things a loving heart simply can’t provide If I could, I would give you The whole white moon But I can’t, and that’s what breaks my heart Time is a cruel, cruel master And innocence exists to be lost I wish I could give you some answers But they come at a cost Faith, faith should be unshakeable There was a time perhaps I thought it was When you fell from my arms (You fell from his arms) And I could not defend you, though I tried Now I see a sadness linger in your eyes If I could, I would give you The whole white moon But I can’t, and that’s what breaks my heart No I can’t, and that’s what breaks my heart
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Keep Dancing 03:21
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There’s a ballroom on 110th Street Where the band’s been playing since the turn of the century I don’t know how they keep up the rhythm Guess even a musician’s gotta earn a livin’ And if they stop or stumble The whole damn edifice will surely crumble So keep dancing, keep dancing Keep dancing, 'cause if we stop We may never start again Across the floor, everybody greets you From the Dalai Lama to your great aunt Rita Karl Marx and Brigitte Bardo Your second cousin Roger and Vincent Van Gogh But if they stop or stumble The whole damn edifice will surely crumble So keep dancing, keep dancing Keep dancing, 'cause if we stop We may never start again We'll have some good times we'll have some bad times We'll have some sobbing into our cocktails kinda sad times We'll have some running up the street naked mad times The trick is to never stop dancing! So keep dancing, 'cause if we stop We may never start again The night is over, you head for the door But the doorman says, “Hey, man, what you leaving here for? We ain’t closing, there’ll always be another And another and another and another and another... And if they stop or stumble The whole damn edifice will surely crumble So keep dancing, keep dancing Keep dancing, 'cause if we stop We may never start again [Repeat until fade...]

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Some highlights from February Album Writing Month (FAWM) 2023. Thank you to all the wonderful, talented people who collaborated with me (I've tried to credit on the relevant tracks), and for anyone who listened and commented during the month. Same time next year, right?

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released March 3, 2023

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David Taro London, UK

David Taro is a singer-songwriter and producer from South London in the UK.

His work - encompassing genres including indie pop, rock and blues - is tender and heartfelt yet frequently laced with a wry, self-deprecating wit.

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